Morphology and systematics of the anomalocaridid arthropod Hurdia from the Middle Cambrian of British Columbia and Utah

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 743-787

  Daley, Allison C ^a,b,c   Budd, Graham E ^c   Caron, Jean Bernard ^d,e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Burgess shale; Cambrian; Multivariate statistics; Radiodonta; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; CAVE; EVOLUTION; FEEDING; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PRESERVATION; SHALE; STEM; SWIMMING; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ANOMALOCARIS; ARTHROPODA; RADIODONTA;

EID: 84880932539     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2012.732723     Document Type: Article

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